PonyHammer 40,000: Magic of War | Dark March

by Dragon Heart


Farseer Toldear's Gambit

After dispatching the rogue Hog clan, Discord warbands lead by a traitorous Unicorn, and destroying Eldeer defenses, the Blood Phoenixes captured all three of the Great Webway Gates. Goliath knew that if the animals wanted to escape with their lives, they would have to retake their gates from them, with force nonetheless.

"The Treebone will never answer your call, outsider." Toldear leered. "Retreat now!" Eldeer forces appeared out of nowhere, but the Pony Marines were expecting them, and fired at the animals. Hours seemed to have gone by, then the Avatar of Khaine appeared over the horizon, burning with hatred for the ponies. But a Brother-Unicorn galloped towards the colossus and attacked with his magic. Goliath knew it was time to end this. He raised his sword skyward and called forth an Orbital Bombardment upon one gate, and Tornado tanks opened fire upon the other two gates, utterly demolishing them all to rubble.

Toldear stared in horrified disbelief at the destruction. "The Webway is closed to us now. We are trapped on this world."

In the battle against the Unicorn and the Avatar, the colossus slashed at the ground near the Unicorn's hooves, making him jump back and fall to the ground. The Avatar was ready to finish him, but the Unicorn turned his head and blasted the daemon in the face with a magic force. The magic interfered with the Avatar's own magic and the colossus dropped its giant blade. The Unicorn got back to his hooves. The Avatar tried to swing his flaming antlers at the Pony, but the Unicorn took up his staff and struck the giant in the heart. "The Avatar of Khaine has fallen." The great warrior's fire burned out, and it fell to pieces.

Toldear turned to her warriors. "Go, all of you. Find what refuge you can in the wilderness of this world." The Eldeer troops headed to their earthbound transports.

The Doelequin turned to face the Farseer. "Escape is still possible, Farseer-"

"I do not deserve that title, Doelequin." Toldear stated, her voice overcome with despair. "My vision has failed us all." Pony Marines galloped towards the former Farseer's position, getting closer with every step. "My fate is here and I shall not flee from it." With that said, the remaining Eldeer entered their transports and fled from the fields. Toldear stayed put as Pony Marines approached and gunned her down.

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The Blood Phoenixes had suffered Eldeer trickery on Tartaurus and Wyne's Paradise not long before their arrival on Cronus. In Tyrolea, they avenged their fallen battle siblings with animal blood. By sealing the Eldeer Farseer Toldear's Webway Portals, they blocked any possibility of her escape. What followed was a careful hunt for every last animal in Tyrolea, culminating in the death of Toldear herself.

The Chapter's Unicorns, for their part, spent much of the aftermath of the battle studying the remains of the fearsome daemon summoned up by the Eldeer. This so-called Avatar of Khaine - the savage incarnation of a blasphemous animal god - crumbled into inert matter at the battle's apex. Arcanius Libra, Senior Unicorn on Cronus, made sure that each piece was collected, cataloged and shipped back to the Chapter Librarium. In later years, this would cause the Blood Phoenixes no small amount of trouble.